Mobile Phone Hacked
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Wow who have you ****ed off? PC and phone.
Depends what you mean by hijacked if you can't use it then o2 won't be much use to you. I would advise calling them just to get a note placed on your file about errant charges then you might be able to fight it when the bill comes in.
Phone wise it's reinstall fresh and then transfer your content back.
Depends what you mean by hijacked if you can't use it then o2 won't be much use to you. I would advise calling them just to get a note placed on your file about errant charges then you might be able to fight it when the bill comes in.
Phone wise it's reinstall fresh and then transfer your content back.
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Is it an Android phone with a Google/Gmail account? You'll be able to log into your Google account and wipe the phone remotely from your PC.
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Define: Hijacked.
hijack
ˈhʌɪdʒak/
verb
past tense: hijacked; past participle: hijacked
illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
"a man armed with grenades hijacked the jet yesterday"
synonyms: commandeer, seize, take over, take possession of, skyjack; More
appropriate, expropriate, confiscate;
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"three armed men hijacked a white van"
steal (goods) by seizing them in transit.
"the UN convoys have been tamely allowing gunmen to hijack relief supplies"
take over (something) and use it for a different purpose.
"he argues that pressure groups have hijacked the environmental debate"
Cause they' hijacked my pc earlier but couldn't pull it off after I removed the cmos battery.. So down they have my phone, locked out to me but not them and they are using it to hijack my pc again.
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Is op on drugs today?
What is it you do?
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Probably a Trojan or ransomware. Use Google to remotely wipe the phone. I know the steps on the link here are for a lost phone, but I would still follow the steps to have it factory reset. That's presuming that it's Android but Sliver haven't answered my question yet about that.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160500?hl=en
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160500?hl=en
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Boot to recovery, clear system and cache, reboot phone, rinse and repeat in the future if it happens again
Or if you want to go a step further complete the above and flash new firmware to the device
This is the first time I've heard of something like this being done as I've never heard of a phone being infected without the use of downloaded APKs from other sources
Or if you want to go a step further complete the above and flash new firmware to the device
This is the first time I've heard of something like this being done as I've never heard of a phone being infected without the use of downloaded APKs from other sources
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Format the phone as per other thread and format your computer. You are not listening and you will be caught out.
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Um, just format it?